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(11) EP 0 188 448 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
30.07.1986 Bulletin 1986/31

(21) Application number: 85902904.0

(22) Date of filing: 30.05.1985
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A61F 2/ 02( . )
A61M 1/ 00( . )
(86) International application number:
PCT/US1985/001009
(87) International publication number:
WO 1985/005548 (19.12.1985 Gazette 1985/27)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 31.05.1984 US 19840615883

(71) Applicants:
  • KANTROWITZ, Adrian
    Pontiac, MI 48055 (US)
  • FREED, Paul S.
    Bloomfield Hills, MI 48013 (US)
  • VAUGHAN, Frizell L.
    Ann Arbor, MI 48103 (US)
  • BERNSTEIN, Isadore A.
    Ann Arbor, MI 48104 (US)
  • GRAY, Robert H.
    Ann Arbor, MI 48104 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • KANTROWITZ, Adrian
    Pontiac, MI 48055 (US)
  • FREED, Paul S.
    Bloomfield Hills, MI 48013 (US)
  • VAUGHAN, Frizell L.
    Ann Arbor, MI 48103 (US)
  • BERNSTEIN, Isadore A.
    Ann Arbor, MI 48104 (US)
  • GRAY, Robert H.
    Ann Arbor, MI 48104 (US)

(74) Representative: Butenschön, Antje, Dr., et al 
Patentanwälte PFENNING, MEINIG & PARTNER Kurfürstendamm 170
D-10707 Berlin
D-10707 Berlin (DE)

   


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